The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-03
JENNY LIND DEAD. !I.lI,|..
THE THE SWEDISH NIenrlNcALk"

Passes Away After n Prolonged Illns,s
Sketch Of Her lirIliiaut Carser-IIer
American Tour-Disd Universally NJ
, Deloved"oshsr Foreign News.
LONDON, Nov. 9.-Jenny Lind (AIadsme
Goleschuidt), tbs celebrated swedi.h
Singer, is dead. sho had been se,lously
Ill for several weeks. 4.
Jenny Lind, whose death Is announced.
ia remembered by older readeru, come Of
whom spent their last dollar to hear her
atng, now nearly forty years ago. She
was swede, born at Stockholm, Oct. G,
1891. Her parente woro In humble cir.
cumasancoo, but the remarkable power
and pathos Of her voice attracted attention
when uhe wasa tiny tot Of child, and she
was only 0 years Of age when, owing 10
the kind offices Of an sctreso, she was ad.
mitted into The Conservatory Of Stock.
holm, whero she received lessons from
C'H!ius and Berg, two eminent inotruc.
torg, While there abe devoted energies
both TO the art ol slpgins and to the theo.
re!ical and instrumental study OF mu.
alc. Her ambition Was encouraged by
her teachers, who observed with sdmira-
ton her dlliGent cultivation OF superior
natural gifts. Her progress wsu wonder.
inl, and It was grently promoted after sho
had leit tho conservatory by her residence
with the family Of the popular swedieh
composer, Ado!ph Frederick Lindblad.
Jenny Lind wcu Is years OF age when,
alter brilliant successes In private enter.
tainments and in the Court concerts, she
made her fret appearance in opera ss
Agatha, in "Dsr Freischutz,n' This was
the beginning ots local fame which eclius.
Cd that Of all Swediah singers. In 1874.
realizing the Importance OF being prspar.
ed to win wider approbatiou than that
OF partial friends and nsighbo,s, nhe plac-
ed herself under the tuition OF Garcia at
fario, where ehe could also benefit by the
performance Of leading stara. 4G5
HER RIaE To FAME. .saa
A public appearance in Paris did not
result in tho "STediah nightingale" re.
ceivlng an engagement. Having returned
to Stockholm, hsr appearance renewed
tho generous appreciation of tho ue0nla Of
that capital. She was engaged at Barlin
In 1874 OF the iuatsrce Of Moyerhaer. Who
had met her in PaIio, and her "periofi of
glory" az co enthusiastic admirer nuts Il.
began in that city, in Norma" Her an.
sagement at tho Prussisn capital ended in
April, 1919, after which she visited ssreral
German cities, including Vienna, Tha
great s, Singer made her debut iu London in
| is4h Win married. success. 1t wsa fol-
lowed BY a tour OF England, and December
10. 1872 oy her c1snorable appearance in
otatorio !. tho Mendelasohn memorial,
WhSs the "Elijah" was performed with an
almost unique perfection. After spending
some time in Stockholm, whsre tickets
emitting the fortuns:s holders to ecsts
Thefo she sang we're sold by auction, she
returned to London in 1S49. She retired
from the stage in May OF that year, the
principal cause being ths objection Of a
gentleman to whom shs was engaged to be
married, but who did not become her
husband, ~ -, -
THE AMERICAN TOUR.
Jenny Lind now formed the project 10
devote herself to orator,o and concert
ainSing, and in 1850 she made an engage.
ment with P. 7. Barnum for q concert tour
in America, extending through the
United states, British Provinces, MEXICO.
and tho Weat Indies. Her first appear.
ance in New York viii! ba Remembered "A
probably the greatest musical event that
mas ever tasen place on this continent.
me recoipss OF this tour we're 100000, of
which her nhsEe amounted to $780,, 900,
She visited nearly all the principal
cities IN this country, and everywhere was
lhs recipient oil immense ovasions, people
travelling hundreds of miles to hear her
sl1g. At New York. philadelphia, Balti.
more, Pittsburgh, Chicago. St. Louis, New
o.leaus, Wheeling, and many other places
tremendous crowda greeted her, While
IN America she gave away thousands of
dollars to charity and almost impoverished
herself by go doing. -
1t was in America, ut Boston, February
., 1852, that she became the wife of Mr..
otto Go!dechnidt, who accompanied her
as pianist. IN 1852, Madame GoIdschmidt
anu her husbsnd returned to Europe,
She visited her native city end then made
her residence at Dresden. Some OF her
greateet tr!unphs were reslized in Eng.
snd, sitter her return to this country in
1856. In 1871 she and her husbsnd be.
came leading professors Mt the Rhenish
Academy Of music in Wiesbaden.
SHE WILL LlvE'lN HISTORY.
Her home Of ls.o years has baeu in
Lordon, where her Kind maunors and
abundant charities, as everywhere she has
livsd. hsyo endeared hof to tho public.
The Bach Choir, which has iamiliarizsd
the people OF the Enslish metropolis with
the masterpieces Of the great composer
FAMED, wss founded by this distinguished
woman and hor husband.
ldol'zed SIS q singer, poasessinga a con.
t!s!to voice OF much power and expires.
|sion, though but moderate in range, and
alwayo dong her utmost to please her au-
dilors, whether sraced By royalty o. con-
sss;inH OF butts sprinklitg o, whi,s folks
With host Of ilitera,e colorad people,
Jenny Lind will be remembered BY pos
terity. hsa queen oil soaR, nor less as u
model wife, mothsr, and friend, and e
woman OF srca. and bsaiicent hca,t.l
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